1978 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

1978 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	March 21 – 26, 1978
Season:	1977–78
Location:	Megève, France
Champions
Men's singles: Dennis Coi
Ladies' singles: Jill Sawyer
Pairs: Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini
Ice dance: Tatiana Durasova / Sergei Ponomarenko
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The 1978 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held on March 21–26, 1978 in Megève, France.^[1] Sanctioned by the International Skating Union, it was the third edition of an annual competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of world junior champion. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Results

Men

Rank	Name[2][3][1]	Nation	CF	SP	FS	SP+FS	Points	Places
1	Dennis Coi	Canada			1
2	Vladimir Kotin	Soviet Union	1
3	Brian Boitano	United States
4	Brian Orser	Canada
5	Joachim Edel	West Germany
6	Ivan Králík	Czechoslovakia
7	Michael Pasfield	Australia
8	Hervé Pornet	France
9	Dominique Fédronic	France
10	Kevin Marshall	United Kingdom
11	Volker Rauch	West Germany
12	Lars Åkesson	Sweden
13	Masaru Ogawa	Japan
14	Glenn Neate	Australia
15	Eric Krol	Belgium
16	Alexandru Anghel	Romania
17	Atsushi Nanbu	Japan
18	Mark Basto	Australia

Ladies

Rank	Name[2][4][1]	Nation	CF	SP	FS	SP+FS	Points	Places
1	Jill Sawyer	United States
2	Kira Ivanova	Soviet Union
3	Petra Ernert	West Germany
4	Corinna Tanski	West Germany
5	Andrea Rohm	Austria
6	Tracey Wainman	Canada	14	5	5
7	Lynne Rickatson	United Kingdom
8	Carolyn Dunkeld	United Kingdom
9	Rudina Pasveer	Netherlands
10	Renee Biagi	Italy
11	Simona Misovkova	Czechoslovakia
12	Alison Southwood	United Kingdom
13	Isabelle Deneux	France
14	Lorri Baier	Canada
15	Claire Michot	France
16	Herma van der Horst	Netherlands
17	Petra Schruf	Austria
18	Megumi Aotani	Japan
19	Vicki Holland	Australia
20	Catharina Lindgren	Sweden
21	Patricia Vangenechten	Belgium
22	Nataša Katić	Yugoslavia
23	Heidi Bartelsen	Denmark
24	Lim Hye-kyung	South Korea
25	Mariana Chitu	Romania
26	Linda Ann Skroder	Norway
WD	Patricia Claret	Switzerland

Pairs

Rank	Name[2][5][1]	Nation	SP	FS	Points	Places
1	Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini	Canada
2	Jana Bláhová / Luděk Feňo	Czechoslovakia
3	Beth Flora / Ken Flora	United States
4	Marina Gurieva / Vladimir Radchenko	Soviet Union
5	Susan Garland / Robert Daw	United Kingdom
6	Lorri Baier / Lloyd Eisler	Canada
7	Kathia Dubec / Xavier Douillard	France
8	Gaby Galambos / Jorg Galambos	Switzerland
9	Eva Fabian / George Fabian	Australia

Ice dance

Rank	Name[2][6][1]	Nation	CD	FD	Points	Places
1	Tatiana Durasova / Sergei Ponomarenko	Soviet Union
2	Kelly Johnson / Kris Barber	Canada
3	Nathalie Hervé / Pierre Husarek	France
4	Paola Casalotti / Sergio Ceserani	France
5	Elke Kwiet / Dieter Kwiet	West Germany
6	Catherine Coudert / Jean-Bernard Hamel	France
7	Deborah Byrne / Mark Boslay	United Kingdom
8	Marilena Medea / Igor Bartolini	France
9	Judit Péterfy / Csaba Bálint	Hungary

References

1. "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 May 2016.
2. "World Junior Championships 1978. Megéve, France". skating.bplaced.net.
3. "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013.
4. "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013.
5. "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2013.
6. "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2013.